Month: December 2008

On this windy, sunny morning, all I can think of is : “Remember that life’s most treasured moments often come unannounced.” -unknown ..and now, Kabir Day 17: The couplet, transliterated: Nau man dudh batori kai, tipaka diya binas | Dudh fati kanji bhaya, hua dhiyu ka naas|| Translation: Nine maunds (a measure) of pure milk,…

Today’s thought – as 2008 winds down: “We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.”…

First, today’s thoughts : Words Of Wisdom  “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched…but are felt in the heart.” – Helen Keller “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “The most important thing to do in solving a problem…

Today’s thought “Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.” – Erich Fromm Kabir Day 14 ..the couplet transliterated: Dukh Mein Sumiran Sab Kare, Sukh Mein Kare Na Koye | Jo Sukh Mein Sumiran Kare, To…

  Today’s thought – A poem of prayer and wishes on this Christmas day: Understanding the world – bit by bit!  The year is gone, another cycle of seasons done Snow on the ground, and another lot of bills undone Do we look forward to the coming year, another glorious unknown, Or cower – driven…

Another break in the flow happened yesterday – schedules meant I had absolutely no time to think – is that really possible? My apologies anyways.   So , first, today’s thought – and a lesson for myself –   “Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.” – Betrand Russell   Russell , despite the description…

“Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.” – Leo Tolstoy   ..and now Kabir day 11   First, the couplet transliterated:   Kabira Khara Bazaar Mein, Mange Sabki Khair   Na Kahu Se Dosti, Na…

Today’s Quote   “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” -Ernest Hemingway   Some responses to reactions from yesterday’s couplet, first (and yes, please feel free to correct me when I miss steps – it is these missed steps that tell me I am human, and am but a student, thirsting for more…

Today’s thought – as I look out at a snow-covered vista from my window…   “ I can’t pray beside my little peace tree without thinking about the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace . . .   I can’t pray beside my little peace tree without…

“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.” – George Bernard Shaw   “Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.” – James Thurber     ..and now, Kabir day 8:   First, the couplet, transliterated:   Jaise Til Mein Tel Hai, Jyon Chakmak Mein Aag Tera Sayeen…

First – today’s thought :   “The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that’s the essence of inhumanity.” – George Bernard Shaw     ..and now, Kabir – day 7:   The couplet, transliterated:   Bada Hua To Kya Hua, Jaise Ped Khajoor Panthi…

Today’s thought – Everything you have   There is so very much available to you. In reaching for your dreams, make use of everything you have. Don’t be dismayed or embarrassed by what you have to work with. Instead, work with whatever you have and it will grow more useful and effective with each effort….

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire. – Jorge Luis Borges   Kabir – Day 5…

First – an apology – but my weekends have become so crowded that I am not finding the time to think – hence the hiatus in this 45-day journey.   Now, for today’s thoughts (and I have to confess – my time crunch over the weekend prompted my search for these…) –   1) It’s…

An intriguing thought – “The speed of anything depends on the flow of everything.”   Kabir – day 3:   Transliteration: Kaal Kare So Aaj Kar, Aaj Kare So Ub Pal Mein Pralaya Hoyegi, Bahuri Karoge Kub   Translation Tomorrows work do today, today’s work now if the moment is lost, the work be done…

Today’s quote:   I gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which I must stop and look fear in the face…I say to myself, I’ve lived through this and can take the next thing that comes along. -Eleanor Roosevelt     Day 2 from Sant Kabir:   Bura Jo Dekhan Main Chala, Bura…

First, today’s thought:   “The world steps aside to let any man pass if he knows where he is going.” -David S. Jordan   Sant Kabir – day 1:   original couplet, transliterated – “Chalti Chakki Dekh Kar, Diya Kabira Roye Dui Paatan Ke Beech Mein,Sabut Bacha Na Koye”   Translation   Looking at the…